Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) has captured a stunning view of supernova remnant ...

The findings from Pandora will complement data from the James Webb Space Telescope to give astronomers more insight into ...

Astronomers have obtained remarkably detailed images of two stellar explosions -- called novae -- just days after they began.

It's the last clearly observed supernova in the Milky Way, Gassel said.

NASA’s IXPE has just revealed the hidden geometry of a white dwarf’s cosmic feeding frenzy—using X-rays to see what no ...

"We do not know with certainty that we found a superkilonova, but the event nevertheless is eye-opening." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Supernovae aren't one of the JWST's main science themes, but the perceptive telescope is full of surprises. Recently, it pinpointed a single star in a galaxy when the universe was only about 730 ...

Hubble reveals a chaotic spiral galaxy whose close encounter with a neighbor has ignited a spectacular burst of star birth.

A research team led by Caltech may have just discovered the first-ever superkilonova, a cosmic phenomenon in which a star explodes twice in violently different ways. Their analysis of a series of ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...